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BOILER.

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BOILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Application filed October 1, 1909. Serial No. 520,450.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD D. REED, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of l/Vestfield, in Hampden county, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boilers, of -which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a boiler having features of novelty as regardsits construction and the arrangement and connection of the various sections making up the boiler, thereby simplifying the construction of the boiler, decreasing cost of. construction and greatly lncreasing the efficiency.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is an elevation of a boiler embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective view in elevation of my boiler. Fig. 4. is a detail perspective view similar to Fig. 3 but with parts moved out of position for purpose of illustration.

Fig. 5 is a transverse section view of the boiler taken just below the door opening.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a boiler made in accordance with my invention, water jackets being broken away and the main boiler member being shown in central vertical section.

described is adapted for use either for hot water or steam. It is of the vertical circular type and comprises in its essential parts a base a in which the grate is mounted, the

85 main boiler member I) having a clownwardly extending leg I) at one side which rests on said base and by which said boiler member is mainly supported; a main supply header h preferably formed integrally with the boiler member and a return chamber 1 preferably formed integrally with the boiler member. This return chamber as illustrated in the drawings is formed by hollowing out the leg I) by which the boiler member is partly supported on the base.

By this construction a continuous chamber is formed within the boiler member providing a free and uninterrupted flow from the return chamber to the outlet.

This boiler member is surrounded by a water jacket, preferably formed in one or more sections, two being illustrated in the drawings and indicated at s 8. These water jacket sections are supportedon the base a, substantially surrounding the boiler member except on the side where it is sup- The boiler which is herein illustrated and ported on the base, and connected at the top with the main supply header h, the jackets being provided with inlets r.

The boiler member together with the water jacket sections form the sides of the fire pot and combustion chamber, and the fines except the smoke flue 7 which in the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings is formed directly through the boiler member I), though it is sufficient for the purposes of my invention that the boiler member should form at least a part and preferably the greater part of this smoke ue. ber forms a part of the fire pot and combustion chamber and of all the fines in the complete boiler including the smoke flue f. It is also to be noted that this main boiler member deflects most of the heat rays of It will be noted that this boiler memthe fire and directs the travel of the gases throughout.

It will be observed that this boiler is of simple and inexpensive construction; that it may be readily assembled; that an unusually large heating surface is provided; and that the main boiler section has but a very small outer surface as compared with the fire surface, thus increasing materially its efficiency. It is also to be noted that I have provided a free and unrestricted passage from the return chamber through the boiler member to the main supply header, dispensing with the restricted nipple connections, etc., generally used between these parts.

I claim 1. A boiler comprising a base, a boiler section arranged above said base and supported thereon, a main supply header secured to said boiler section, an inlet chamber at the lower end thereof, a continuous circulation chamber formed in said boiler section and header, one or more sectional water jackets substantially incasing the fire surface of said boiler section, connections between the upper ends of said jackets and said main supply header; a fire pot, combustion chamber and fines formed in part by said boiler section.

2. A boiler comprising a base, a boiler section arranged above said base and supported thereon, a main supply header and an inlet chamber formed integrally with said boiler section at opposite ends thereof, a continuous chamber formed in the connected parts and extending from said inlet chamber through said boiler section to said header, thereby providing for a free and uninterrupted flow therethrough, a plurality of sectional Water jackets supported on said base and substantially incasing the fire surface of said boiler section, connections from the tops of said sections to said header; a fire pot, and combustion chamber formed between said boiler section and two of said water jackets, fiues leading from said chamber and passing convergently through said boiler, said boiler section and the water jackets forming the complete outer boiler wall from the top to the bottom thereof.

3. A boiler comprising a base, a boiler section centrally arranged above said base and supported at one side thereon, sectional water jacket members mounted on said base and substantially incasing said boiler section, said jacket members and boiler chamber forming the walls of the combustion chamber, a smoke fiue formed in part by said boiler chamber, and fines formed between said boiler chamber and jacket members and connecting said combustion chamber With said smoke flue, a fire pot between said jacket and boiler section and said members together forming the complete outer boiler wall.

i. A boiler comprising a circular base, a boiler section arranged centrally above said base and supported thereon at one side, a supply header secured to said boiler section, a continuous chamber formed within said boiler section and header providing a free i and uninterrupted flow through said membustion chamber and boiler section and jacket, substantially as described and for bers, a sectional water jacket incasing the fire surface of said boiler section and supported on said base, and connections between said water jacket sections and supply header, a fire pot between said jacket and boiler section and said members together forming the complete outer boiler wall.

5. A boiler comprising a circular base a boiler section centrally arranged above said base and supported thereon,- se'ctional water jacket members mounted on said base and incasing the fire surface of saidboiler section, flues formed between said boiler section and said water jacket members, and a smoke flue self-contained within said boiler section and in communication with said.

first-mentioned lines, a fire pot between said jacket and boiler section and said members together forming the complete outer boiler wall.

6. A boiler comprising a base, a boiler section arranged above said base and sup-" ported thereon, a sectional water jacket supported on said base and incasing the fire surface of said boiler section in part, a main supply header secured to said boiler section, connections between said jacket sections and said header, and a fire. pot, comflues formed by said said sectional water the purposes set forth.

RICHARD D. REED. Witnesses:

D. I.-KREIMENDAHL, H. E. HART.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

